What a sad story. An older person wants in on "cryptocurrency" but also wants to give all money to someone else to manage and make profit instead of buying any, fine, let's stick with, "crypto" themselves. Plenty of people lost a lot, but I thought all at least knew what silly coin they were buying. This is just about giving money blindly to a "crypto" company and expecting a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow... And the family says "There was a complete failure to protect my father" - from what, actually having a choice and making sadly a bad decision?
PS I am categorically against scams like that. But what is the answer to avoid such tempting scams, especially for vulnerable older people?
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/25/1180256165/crypto-scam-senior-victims-spirebit
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